
Former EY Partner and Head of Strategic Sourcing at Walmart. Sandeep has 20+ years of experience leading digital procurement and source-to-pay transformation, and was an early adopter of AI in sourcing and negotiation.
Sandeep brings more than 20 years of experience in procurement transformation and digital value creation. Before co-founding Progentic, he was a Partner at EY Canada, where he led the digital procurement solutions and procurement transformation practice. Earlier he was Head of Strategic Sourcing at Walmart. He has held procurement leadership roles in advanced manufacturing, the public sector and global retail.
Selected experience
- Led source-to-pay transformations for two of the world's largest retailers, covering more than $9B in combined spend, with rollouts across 400 stores and 15 countries
- Ran more than 100 e-auctions and was an early adopter of AI-based negotiation
- Led a province-wide eTendering rollout reaching about 10,000 vendors
- Was management lead for enterprise vendor-of-record programs covering more than $100M in public sector spend
- Built a raw material price forecasting solution for a global chemical manufacturer, with savings of 10–25%
Education & credentials
- BSc, Engineering Chemistry, Queen's University
- MBA, Schulich School of Business, York University
- P.Eng., Professional Engineers Ontario
- Ontario Shared Services Innovation Award in Procurement Solutions
- Digital Procurement (Source-to-Pay)
- AI Negotiation & Agentic AI
- Digital Product Development
- Advanced Cost Analytics
- International Negotiations
- Procurement Operating Models


